Chapter 70
Chapter 70
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 70
Chapter Title: The 200-Day Anniversary Betrayal
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“Why did you ignore my calls! Why aren't you saying anything! Huh?!”
Yeah.
This is it.
The messy love triangle over the weekend between Jang Ji-won, her boyfriend, and that girl from the other school.
Allow me, the top student of the school (ahem), to summarize it for you.
📝 Summary Last Saturday was the 200-day anniversary for Jang Ji-won and her boyfriend. With exams finally over, they decided to make a big deal out of it and head to Nami Island. Ji-won was the one who suggested it, saved up and put money into their date account, packed a homemade lunchbox, and bragged to everyone around her that her boyfriend had planned everything while she did nothing. But that morning... "Jang Ji-won, what do we do? I think I caught a cold from Do Ha-jun." "What do we dooo... Does it hurt a lot, honey? Should I make you some porridge?" "Nah, not that bad. I think I'll just rest at home alone." "Hiiiing..." Of all days, their anniversary. She was upset and hurt, but Ji-won held it in. Guys don't like girls who demand attention 24/7, after all. With time on her hands, she rolled around in bed all day scrolling on her phone. Normally, she'd call up her girl friends to kill time, but weirdly, they were all busy today. She snuck into her boyfriend's socials to snoop on his friends, riding wave after wave of posts... And that's when she saw it. Her supposedly sick boyfriend at Lotte World. At Lotte World, wearing cute headbands with a girl from the other school, sharing ice cream and snapping Polaroids. -Had so much fun lololol ♡ @Boyfriend The girl tagged her boyfriend and posted it... And so, over the weekend... -Feels good going to Lotte World with someone else's man, huh???? What's with the face-smooshed photos @Slut explain yourself -Wtf keep your bf on a leash ㅡㅡ I didn't even know you two were dating? Delete that post They sniped at each other on socials, tagging publicly for all to see, rallying their friends to pile on the hate... -No seriously I had no idea he had a gf lololol we were just middle school friends hanging out and your bf tagged along why are you mad at me^^ go grab your man Amid the flying arrows, Ji-won's boyfriend had vanished completely. Rumor has it he called the other girl separately to apologize, but ghosted Ji-won completely. And then Monday rolls around, and school is chaos. (Not that it matters much, but something I just have to say. Ji-won's boyfriend is ugly.) “Say something! Do you wanna lose me like this?!”
“Cut it out. I'm really gonna get mad.”
The class watched with bated breath as Ji-won wailed and her boyfriend pulled that embarrassed face.
Pre-regression me would've muttered 'take it outside' and popped in earbuds to study.
Yeah. Like Jeong Eun-seong over there, staring seriously at his Secrets to Growing Taller book no matter who was fighting.
Now?
I'm all ears, listening with one ear perked up like a curious cow...
'Gotta file this away for when I comfort Ji-won later.'
“We're breaking up! Breaking up!”
Ji-won, you think this is some dramatic breakup scene from a drama right now.
But reality has no lighting, no perfectly timed OST, no writer-crafted lines.
It's only a drama to you. Just you.
“Right now, in front of me, call her and make her apologize to me!”
“What the hell! Why is this class so noisy!”
The fight—which I'd thought was prime black-history material—ended with the first-period teacher walking in.
The friends exchanged excited glances.
'They're breaking up, right?'
'Obviously. Who'd keep dating after that.'
Nope. Not breaking up.
She'll vent to us about her boyfriend for a while, get all our pity, and every time we hang out, she'll sigh 'this is better with a guy'—
Then about a month later, they'll get back together.
And on their 300-day anniversary, she'll giggle about finally going to Nami Island and hit us up for 300 won each...
Pre-regression, I was too lazy and just paid up. Not this time. Not even 3 won.
But for now, let's use pissed-off Ji-won to our advantage.
Lunchtime. We wolfed down food and headed to the field.
As planned, Yeon-hee was sitting on the bleachers with Ji-won. She nodded when she saw us.
“She's not even pretty! Look, my friend said she looks like an auntie!”
“You okay, Ji-won?”
I sat next to Ji-won, who was judging the other girl's selfies.
For the record, Ga-eun and Do-yeon—who can't control their faces—sat this mission out. Just chill Gyeong Se-in, easygoing Ye-su-a, and me. The three of us.
“Hey, you're way prettier!”
“Not even comparable!”
“Her boyfriend... heh, boyfriend must like her or something?”
“Honestly, you and your boyfriend together? You're slumming it.”
“Right, right. Good luck finding another girlfriend like you.”
“He's regretting it big time right now.”
“But.”
After feeding her all the validation she craved, I eased into the main point.
“Ji-won, what do you wanna do? Get revenge?”
“Duh! I'll make him regret losing me. He'll realize how out of his league I was, down to his bones. I'll steal all his friends, family, everyone!”
Drama filming not wrapped yet?
“Ooh... that's a brilliant idea.”
Gyeong Se-in clapped enthusiastically beside me.
I bit my lip to keep a straight face. Hid my cringing hands under my thighs and continued.
“Then how about telling his parents first?”
“His parents?”
“Yeah! You know their numbers, right? They adore you.”
“That's true, but.”
“If you tell them what happened, they'll totally take your side!”
Call them! I egged Ji-won on.
This was our goal.
According to Yeon-hee, on their 100-day anniversary, Ji-won sent letters to her future in-laws, homemade cookies, a tteok cake or whatever. Thanking them for raising him so well.
She visits their house all the time. Plans to marry right after college, so they call her the future daughter-in-law.
Of course she'd have their numbers saved.
“Tell them to scold him.”
“Yeah. Gotta nip it in the bud so it never happens again.”
“Right, right. Men are... whatever you make of them...!”
I gritted my teeth on that last line.
Up to then, we just wanted a chance to snag her father-in-law's number. Then text from it, impersonate a teacher, lure him to school—whatever.
But things went sideways in the best way.
“Yeah! After everything I've done for his mom and dad!”
Fired up, Ji-won whipped out KakaoTalk and hammered out furious messages.
To ♡Mother-in-law♡:
-Mom, it's Ji-won. I need to talk about what happened between me and your son. It was a mistake, but I'll take responsibility to the end. I want to have a serious talk with him, but he keeps dodging me... This is my last resort, contacting you. Please help him take responsibility for his actions.
-And don't believe what your son says. He's full of lies.
“......”
“......”
“......”
Too dramatic? No way someone like this exists in real life?
Sorry, but she does. For real!
She exists!
'Wait, this is...'
It sounds like he committed some huge crime. Like a high-teen parent-drama vibe.
Is this okay?
I frantically eye-contacted my friends, but the message was already sent.
The '1' vanished.
Calls from ♡Mother-in-law♡ started pouring in immediately, but Ji-won ignored them.
“If Mom wants to talk to me, she can come to school herself.”
She flipped her phone over with main-character energy, like a drama villainess.
“...Fighting.”
She'll definitely show up now...
Dizzying.
“W-well, we'll head out then...”
As we got up to leave.
“Ugh. Talking nonsense that much wore me out.”
“Why? Da-hye, you did great.”
“No. Too exhausting.”
I rubbed my throbbing forehead climbing the stairs. At the fourth-floor corner, I repeated my line from earlier.
“Men are... whatever you make of them...!”
And bumped into Jeong Eun-seong coming out of the bathroom.
He dropped his toothbrush seeing me with clenched fists and sparkling eyes.
“......”
“......”
No, not me! That's not my opinion!